Mbuye Surname
Approximately 929 people bear this surname
Mbuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 440 | 1:120,322 | 11,453 |
| Cameroon | 263 | 1:78,970 | 9,696 |
| Zambia | 97 | 1:163,401 | 11,461 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Mbuye (16) may also be a first name.
Mbuye Demographics
Average Mbuye Salary in
South Africa
R 58,440
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mbuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbuye is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mbuye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbuye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mbuye is the 383,038th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,844,506 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbuye reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 440 people, or 1 in 120,322. In Tanzania Mbuye is most prevalent in: Katavi Region, where 62 percent live, Rukwa Region, where 34 percent live and Lindi Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent live and Zambia, where 10 percent live.
Mbuye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mbuye last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mbuye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.41% less than the national average, earning R 58,440 per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mbuye
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